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The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021 1h 45m
Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
6.9/10
903 reviews
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The Tragedy of Macbeth

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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Denzel Washington
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M Manuel São Bento Verified TMDB Critic
2022-01-17

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"The Tragedy of Macbeth is a mesmerizing technical masterpiece that could have benefited from a distinct take on the well-known Shakespearean tale.

Denzel Washington demonstrates his insane talent, as does Frances McDormand, but the former clearly stands out in a more energetic, captivating performance, powering through intricate, long monologues, which may very well result in yet another successful awards season.

Joel Coen offers his bold direction to an unsurprising, too fa...

R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic
2022-02-16

Not quite to my personal taste, though I still enjoyed <em>'The Tragedy of Macbeth'</em> enough.

The performances of Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand are superb, I always expect that from them both so I was delighted to see that be the case here. The rest of the cast are good too, including Brendan Gleeson and Corey Hawkins - get that guy back in <em>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow">The Walking Dead</a>'</em> universe a.s.a.p.!

I know it was by design and fully intentional, but I didn't love - not that I disliked them - the fake ...

T tmdb28039023 Verified TMDB Critic
2022-08-30

The Tragedy of Macbeth is so damn good I’m not even going to question the logic, or lack thereof, of an African-American eleventh-century Scottish nobleman.

Then again, Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles both played Othello, and if Denzel Washington isn’t in the same league as those two, he’s as close as any living actor could be.

Like Welles, Washington projects an authoritative screen presence that successfully challenges our expectations and perceptions of the character’s appearance, while satisfying its psychological requirements.

The actor, a master of juggling physical po...